London Borough of Hounslow

London Borough of Hounslow
Shown within Greater London
Geography
Status:	London borough
Area: - Total	Ranked 292nd 55.98 km²
ONS code:	00AT
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 55th 216,644 3,870 / km²
Ethnicity:	64.9% White 24.7% S.Asian 4.4% Afro-Carib.
Politics
Hounslow London Borough Council http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Ann Keen, Alan Keen
London Assembly: - Member	South West London - Tony Arbour

The London Borough of Hounslow is a London borough in west outer London. It includes the areas:

• Brentford
• Chiswick
• Cranford
• East Bedfont
• Feltham
• Grove Park
• Gunnersbury
• Hanworth
• Hatton
• Heston
• Hounslow
• Hounslow West
• Isleworth
• Lampton
• Lower Feltham
• North Hyde
• Osterley
• Spring Grove
• Woodlands

As of 2004, the various electoral wards of Hounslow are divided up into 5 Areas:

• Chiswick
  • Chiswick Homefields
  • Chiswick Riverside
  • Turnham Green
• Central Hounslow
  • Hounslow Central
  • Hounslow Heath
  • Hounslow South
  • Hounslow West
• Isleworth and Brentford
  • Brentford
  • Isleworth
  • Osterley and Spring Grove
  • Syon
• Heston and Cranford
  • Cranford
  • Heston East
  • Heston Central
  • Heston West
• West
  • Bedfont
  • Feltham North
  • Feltham West
  • Hanworth Park
  • Hanworth

History

The borough was formed in 1965 by the merger of the Middlesex urban districts of Brentford and Chiswick , Feltham and Heston and Isleworth .

Notable people

• Phil Collins, former drummer and singer with Genesis.
• Asif Mohammed Hanif , believed to have been the first suicide bomber in Israel from the UK, came from Hounslow.

Other

The borough is home to the HQ of Glaxo Smith Klein , and Sky Televisions studio complex, both based in Osterley.

External links

• The London Borough of Houslow